Fire was my saving grace as a kid, camping in the dead of winter with a few friends on our breaks from school.
We would often only sleep a few hours at night due to thinly-insulated sleeping bags, waking up well before dawn shivering to the bone before scurrying to get a bed full of embers from the evening before hot enough to ignite. Huddling near the fire until the sun peaked, nursing our ice sickle-like fingers back to life was fun to us, and just another excuse for stories and ribbing among the group.
But looking back, I cringe at the lack of concern by my adolescent companions and I. Even though we were often only a short distance from civilization and the warmth of a bed, the situation could have easily turned for the worse.
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